Flora Quick aka Tom King

You’ve heard of Calamity Jane, Ethel “Etta” Place and Belle Starr. But what about Flora Quick? This mysterious horse thief said to have ridden with the bands of notorious Oklahoma-Indian Territory outlaws was also known at various times as Flora Mundis and China Dot. However, she’s best known as Tom King. There’s a lot of fiction mixed with fact in her story. Flo was the daughter of a wealthy farmer who died when she was fifteen leaving her an orphan with an estate of 2,300 acres an